Local-life-manager review-session

Retrieval practice session to test retention on a topic. Use when user wants to test their knowledge, practice recall, quiz themselves, or check what they remember. Triggers on "quiz me", "test my knowledge", "review [topic]", "what do I remember".

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/TaylorHuston/local-life-manager
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/TaylorHuston/local-life-manager "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/.claude/skills/review-session" ~/.claude/skills/taylorhuston-local-life-manager-review-session && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: .claude/skills/review-session/SKILL.md
source content

Run a retrieval practice session on: $ARGUMENTS

This is NOT teaching. Goal: test retention through active recall.

Setup

  1. Read learning plan, find topic and proficiency
  2. Read previous sessions on this topic
  3. Gather concepts, corrections, misconceptions from past sessions
  4. Create session file with
    "type": "review"
    per
    references/session-schema.md
  5. Update index.json

Conduct Review

  1. Start broad: "Tell me everything you remember about [topic]"
  2. Probe specific concepts from past sessions
  3. For each response:
    • Ask confidence (1-5) BEFORE revealing if correct
    • DO NOT immediately correct - let them struggle (desirable difficulty)
    • Only after full attempt, provide feedback
  4. Log
    retrieval_test
    entries per
    references/entry-types.md

Question Types

Past EntryQuestion Style
concept
"What is...?" or "Explain..."
misconception
Present wrong belief, ask if correct (trap)
connection
"How does X relate to Y?"
elaboration
"Why does X work that way?"

Scoring

Per

references/proficiency.md
:

  • Full correct = 1, Partial = 0.5, Wrong = 0
  • Score = (points / questions) × 100%

End Session

Calculate retention score, update proficiency, show calibration report.